16:55 Cheltenham

Friday 26 October 2018

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Ryman Stationery Cheltenham Business Club Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 6m 36.1s

Bells 'n' Banjos¹⁶⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss A Stirling⁽³⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 125

9/1

Won on his first two starts for this yard and while he lost his way towards the back end of the campaign, he's on a workable handicap mark as a result here. Interesting runner if ready to go on return.

Form: 85/5P7-4

Another Frontier^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr Michael Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 123

9/1

Has taken well to fences and continued his good form on seasonal return at Uttoxeter earlier in the month when staying on well. Handicapper has only put him up 6lb for that and yard are flying at present. Should go close.

Form: 5P012-1

Sporting Boy^b,t³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr M J O'Hare| T: J Farrelly| OR: 122

14/1

Has just won once since 2015 and has been more miss than hit throughout 2018. Capable if putting it all together but hardly one to rely on.

Form: U90294

Muckle Roe¹⁸⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr Zac Baker| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 122| D

25/1

Has never won from a mark this high and his jumping can be sketchy, a particularly worry around this course. Others preferred.

Form: 3/16249-

Calin Du Brizais^b³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 120

33/1

Won back to back races at Newton Abbot last year and while he struggled from his revised handicap mark, his last two eefforts have been more encouraging. Hard to fancy for win purposes in a race this competitive though.

Form: 42U443

Perfect Pirate¹⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Aaron Rid⁽⁷⁾| T: B Pauling| OR: 120

14/1

Only seen sparingly last season and tailed off over hurdles when last seen. Not one to write off but entitled to need the run and others make more appeal.

Form: 24/1840-

Vinegar Hill^t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss Gina Andrews| T: S Edmunds| OR: 120| D

10/1

Progressive over hurdles two seasons ago and gained a first chase win at Market Rasen last season. Entitled to need the run at Uttoxeter last time and unexposed over fences, though hasn't always looked the most fluent jumper.

Form: 4/81P5-3

Goohar^p¹⁶⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Galligan⁽⁷⁾| T: H D Daly| OR: 120

14/1

Two wins from 17 starts over fences and he's run well in defeat here on a couple of occasions. Disappointed last time out and entitled to need the run but hard to completely put a line through.

Form: 95213-6

Dotties Dilema^b,t¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr S A Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 119| D

33/1

Failed in a hat-trick bid last time out and while he has a good record over the larger obstacles, there's a suspicion the handicapper may have caught up with him for now.

Form: 624113

Sam Red^p,t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: William Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: D Skelton| OR: 118| BF

11/1

Won on his first two starts over fences but has struggled on both outings this year, including when a short priced favourite last time. Likely capable off this mark but he's unreliable.

Form: P528-05

Presenting Julio^p,t⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott| OR: 116| D

15/2

Has struggled for form on any of his four starts in 2018, tailed off on each occasion and while Jamie Codd riding him in a race of this nature is an obvious positive, he's hard to fancy on bare form.

Form: 1515-96

Oighear Dubh^p,t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 116

16/1

Very consistent sort and generally a smart jumper. Not his best effort at Limerick in a five runner contest last time but he can be forgiven that and should go well.

Form: 332333

Robinroyale^p¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 115

66/1

Well beaten over both hurdles and fences this summer and tailed off on return at Stratford earlier in the month. Hard to fancy on all known form.

Form: 53/7-548

Asking Questions^t,v¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr Ed Glassonbury⁽³⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 114

16/1

Won twice over fences at the end of the last season and returned with a solid effort over hurdles at Southwell earlier in the month. Respected back in this sphere, though may have wanted some cut in the ground.

Form: 36112-2

Cucklington^b,t¹⁹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr M Legg| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 113| D

12/1

Won four times last season over this sort of trip and completely versatile with regards to ground conditions. Should go well again if ready to go on return with a useful amateur in the saddle.

Form: 355112-

Killer Crow^h,t²³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr Kit Alexander| T: N W Alexander| OR: 112

66/1

Just one win from 28 starts over fences. Shown very little in two runs for this yard and hard to fancy.

Form: 693233-

Cornish Warrior^p²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 110

6/1

Has won two of his three starts over fences and a slight surprise he's only been put up 5lb for his latest success at Southwell well relatively impressive. Top amateur takes the ride and should go well.

Form: 0P-9131

Sergeant Brody²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Mr Tommie M O'Brien| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 109

20/1

Struggled on chase debut last time and this race is plenty tougher. May do better at some stage but likely to need more time.

Form: 14/2P8-6

Fifty Shades⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Jack Tudor⁽⁷⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 102

14/1

Has been in good form since joining this yard, winning two of his four chase starts. Disappointed at Market Rasen when pulled up last time but given time to recover from that and may do better here.

Form: 12113P

Non-Runners

Under The Phone³¹

Weight: 10-5| Age: 9

T: R Dickin J: Tabitha Worsley

Forecasts

Cornish Warrior (6/1), Presenting Julio (15/2), Bells 'n' Banjos (9/1), Another Frontier (9/1), Vinegar Hill (10/1), Sam Red (11/1), Cucklington (12/1), Fifty Shades (14/1), Sporting Boy (14/1), Perfect Pirate (14/1), Goohar (14/1), Asking Questions (16/1), Oighear Dubh (16/1), Sergeant Brody (20/1), Muckle Roe (25/1), Calin Du Brizais (33/1), Dotties Dilema (33/1), Under The Phone (50/1), Killer Crow (66/1), Robinroyale (66/1)

CUCKLINGTON is still unexposed and could be capable of further improvement throughout this year. Another Frontier and Cornish Warrior have seemingly been leniently dealt with by the handicapper after their respective wins last time out.